Blade is a vampire hunter comic book character from MarvelComics created by Creator/MarvWolfman and Gene Colan who debuted in ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula'' #10 (July, 1973).

''Blade'' was adapted into a trilogy of movies. All three movies star Creator/WesleySnipes as Blade and Creator/KrisKristofferson as Whistler. In addition to the movies there was a spinoff TV show titled, creatively, ''Blade: The Series''. The first film helped usher in the current era of consistently well-done comic book films, coming earlier than X-Men or Spider-Man. As part of a four series deal between Marvel and Creator/{{Madhouse}} (the others being ''Anime/XMen'', ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', and ''Anime/IronMan''), he currently stars in his own [[Anime/{{Blade}} anime]], which premiered on July 1st, 2011.